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Dominador I. Mangubat

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Spouse(s)
  
Avelina G. Martinez

Occupation
  
Doctor

Years of service
  
1942-1945

Alma mater
  
University of Santo Tomas

Rank
  
Major

Children
  
2

Allegiance
  
Philippines

Died
  
19 November 1980

Battles and wars
  
World War II

Full Name
  
Dominador Llano Mangubat

Born
  
August 24, 1903 Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippine Islands (
1903-08-24
)

Unit
  
Fil-American Cavite Guerilla Force

Dominador Llano Mangubat (June 24, 1903 - November 19, 1980) is a Filipino doctor and politician who served as the second acting governor of Cavite during the Third Republic of the Philippines. He served from May 1954 to December 31, 1955. After the national election of 1953, President Ramon Magsaysay installed Mangubat mayor of Cavite City. In May 1954 a prominent matron was kidnapped by the dissidents in one town of Cavite. This prompted President Magsaysay to installed Mayor Mangubat governor of Cavite, serving the unexpired term of Governor Camerino, who had a case before the court.

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Early life and education

Dominador Mangubat was born to Isidro Mangubat and Damasa Ilano, Dominador on June 24, 1903 in Dasmariñas. He was the eldest son of the couple.

Mangubat completed his elementary level studies in Imus, Cavite and attended the high school of the University of the Philippines in Manila for his secondary studies. Mangubat then attended the University of Santo Tomas where he finished his pre-medical course with the degree of Associate in Arts. He completed his medical studies at the College of Medicine of the same university where he graduated in 1930. He passed the examination by the Board of Medical Examiners on the same year.

Career

The Cavite Medical Society had Mangubat as one of its organizers. Mangubat was elected as Vice President of the medical organization during its first meeting. During the World War II, when the Japanese occupied the Philippines, he joined the resistance as part of the Fil-American Cavite Guerilla Force (FACGF) under General Mariano Castañeda. He was part of the guerilla group's medical corps and had a rank of major. In July 1942 He became a prisoner of war by the Japanese. After he was released months later, Mangubat went back to his farm Dasmariñas, where he continued providing food and medicine as supplies to the guerrillas. He went on aiding the guerrillas until the arrival of American forces which provided tactical aid to the FACGF in liberating the province of Cavite from the Japanese occupiers.

After the war in 1956, Mangubat was elected as treasurer of the Federation of the Filipino Rice and Corn Millers Association of the Philippines. In 1959, Mangubat was elected as president of the organization. In 1963 he was appointed director of the Rice and Corn Board, serving in this capacity until 1972. He died on November 19, 1980.

Personal life

Mangubat was married to Avelina G. Martinez, who was a pharmacist working in Malabon, Rizal. Dominador had two sons with Avelina. Their son were Dominador, Jr., went on to become a doctor of medicine like his father, and Renato, who became the manager of the Prudential Bank in Greenhills, Ortigas Avenue, Metro Manila.

References

Dominador I. Mangubat Wikipedia